# Mēlpāṭi, Somanātheśvara temple, time of Mummuṭi Cōḻa Rājarāja
Rājakesarivarman, year 14

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv03p0i0019

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv03p0i0019.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:42 (65fc39d), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pōla-[p] peru-nila-c-celviyu⟨2⟩n=
tanakkē yurimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-k-koḷa-k karuti-k
kān=taḷūr⟨3⟩-c-cālai kalam aṟutt-a[ru]ḷi-k
kaṅka-pāṭiyu ṉuḷampa-pāṭi[yu]m
⟨4⟩taṭiya-pāṭiyu⟨m⟩ veṅkai-nāṭuṅ
kuṭa-malai-nāṭun=
taṇṭāṟ k[o]⟨5⟩ṇṭa ta¿ṇṇ?⟨ṉ⟩
eḻil vaḷar oḷi
c[e]ḻiyarai-t tēcu ko[ṇ]ṭa

⟨6⟩ śrī-mu-m-muṭi-cōḻa-deva[ṟ]ku
kō-rāja-rāja-r[ā]ja-kē[sa]⟨7⟩ri-vanmaṟki yāṇṭu 10 4-Āvatu

[pa]ṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭat[tu] m¿iy[y]?⟨īy⟩[ā]⟨8⟩ṟu-nāṭṭu tiru-vallattu
sabhaiyōm cōṇāṭṭu teṉ-karai-[p]⟨9⟩-pāmpu[ṇi]-k-kūṟṟatt’
araicūr-arai[cūr-u]ṭaiyāṉ ¡I!⟨Ī⟩r-āyirava[ṉ] pal⟨10⟩lavayaṉ-āṉa
mu-m-muṭi-c-cōḻa-pōcaṉ pakkal nāṅ[kaḷ] ko[ṇ]ṭu ⟨11⟩ kaṭava [p]oṉ
{d}dharmma-kaṭṭaḷai-t tuḷai niṟai patiṉ-aiṅ-kaḻañcu

[I]⟨12⟩p-po⟨ṉ⟩ 10 5 kaḻañcukkum āka-t tūy-nāṭṭ’
irājāśr¿i?⟨ā⟩[ya]-[pu]ra[ttu] cōḻē⟨13⟩n¡t!⟨d⟩ra-ciṅka-Ī[śva]ram-uṭaiya
mahā-devaṟku ca[ntr]āditya-vat· Oru tiru-nan=tā⟨14⟩-viḷakk’ erippataṟku
[E]ṅkaḷ m[ē]l-piṭākai vā[ṇa]-samu[dra]tti[ṉ] ⟨15⟩ kīḻ-mañcikkam-āṉa
nilam ciṟṟampalattu-k kōlāl vaitta ⟨16⟩ kuḻi y-āyiram

Ivv-āyiraṅ kuḻiyuṅ k[o]ṇṭ’ ivv-irājāśra⟨17⟩ya-purattu
Arumoḻi-tēva-p-p[e]run=-te[ru]viṟ caṅkara-p-pāṭi⟨18⟩yāṉ kaṇṭaṉ
maṟavaṉ-āṉa cōḻēntira-ciṅka-mā[yi]laṭṭiyē ⟨19⟩ It-tiru-nan=tā-viḷakkukku
nicatam Uḻa[k=ku] n[e]¡yy!⟨y⟩ aṭṭuva[ta]ṟku [I]⟨p⟩-[ bhūmi] ⟨20⟩ ko[ṇ]ṭu
Aṭṭu¿[n]?⟨vat’⟩ āka kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm

Id-dha⟨r⟩mma[m] panmā[he]⟨21⟩śvarar rakṣai

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ maṉakkoḷak ⬦ maṉakkoḷk SII.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity! In the 14th year ⟨of the reign⟩ of
Śrī-Mummuṭi-Cōḻadeva, ⟨alias⟩ king Rājarāja-Rājakesarivarman, who, ⟨in
his⟩ tender youth, during which,——having formed the belief[1] that, as
well as the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had
become his wife,——⟨he⟩ was pleased to destroy the ships ⟨at⟩
Kāntaḷūr-Cālai and conquered by ⟨his⟩ army Kaṅka-pāṭi, Nuḷampa-pāṭi,
Taṭiya-pāṭi,Vēṅkai-nāṭu and Kuṭamalai-nāṭu,——deprived the Ceḻiyas, whose
lustre had been growing, of ⟨their⟩ splendour;——we, the assembly of
Tiruvallam in Mīyāṟu-nāṭu, ⟨a subdivision⟩ of Paṭuvūr-kōṭṭam, have
received fifteen kaḻañcus of gold, weighed by the balance ⟨used in the
case⟩ of charitable edicts (dharma-kaṭṭaḷai), from Īrāyiravaṉ
Pallavayaṉ, alias Mummuṭi-Cōḻa-Pōcaṉ, the lord of Araicūr ⟨and a native
of⟩ Araicūr in Pāmpuṇi-kūṟṟam, ⟨a subdivision⟩ on the southern bank ⟨of
the Kāvērī⟩ in Cōṇāṭu.

⟨11⟩ For these 15 kaḻañcus of gold, ⟨we⟩ assigned one thousand kuḻis,
⟨measured⟩ by the rod of Ciṟṟampalam,[2] of land which formed the
eastern mañcikkam[3] of Vā[ṇa]samu[dr]am, a hamlet to the west of our
⟨village⟩,[4] to ⟨the god⟩ Mahādeva of the Cōḻēndrasiṁha-Īśvara ⟨temple⟩
at Rājāśrayapuram in Tūy-nāṭu, for burning one perpetual lamp as long as
the moon and the sun endure.

⟨16⟩ These one thousand kuḻis of land we, the assembly, made over ⟨to⟩
Kaṇṭaṉ-Maṟavaṉ, alias Cōḻendrasiṁha-Mā[yi]laṭṭi, of Caṅkarappāṭi, ⟨who
resides⟩ in the high-street of Arumoḻideva in this Rājāśrayapuram, in
order to supply to this perpetual lamp ⟨one⟩ uḻakku of ghee daily.

⟨20⟩ This charity ⟨is placed under⟩ the protection of all Māheśvaras.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨6⟩ 14th year of ...,

⟨1–5⟩ who ... [meykkīrtti of Rājarāja I Cōḷa, with variants]

## Bibliography

Edited in Hultzsch 1899, with English translation (SII 3.19).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Hultzsch 1899 and
photos (E. Francis, 2024).

### Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1899. South-Indian inscriptions.
Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part I:
Inscriptions at Ukkal, Melpadi, Karuvur, Manimangalam and Tiruvallam.
South Indian Inscriptions 3.1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 29–30,
item 19.

[1] See Vol. II. p. 249, note 2.

[2] This is the Tamil name of Cidambaram.

[3] The same word occurs in an inscription at Māmallapuram; see Vol. I.
p. 66, note 5.

[4] Compare above, No. 12, text line 3.